And those cellulose fibers aren't just tossed willy nilly into the tree, either.

这些纤维素纤维也不是随便长在树上的。

New York has become, perhaps less willy than nilly, a gigantic testing ground for the idea that America has been mouthing for 200 years.

纽约也许无可奈何地成为美国言不由衷地重复了200年的观点的一个庞大的实验场。

We don't normally swap consonants willy nilly  when turning the one into the many… so why do we do it with knife and knives, hoof and  hooves, wolf and wolves, wife and wives?

在将“一”变成“多”时，我们通常不会随意交换辅音… … 那么为什么我们要用刀与刀、蹄与蹄、狼与狼、妻子与妻子来这样做呢？